In Pennsylvania, the gas industry has deep ties with the state’s legislators. Between 2007 and 2014, the industry reportedly gave $8 million to elected officials and spent $41 million lobbying the state legislature. A report by the Public Accountability Initiative in 2013 revealed that 45 current or former Pennsylvania state officials have ties to energy industry and fracking regulation, including 28 who ultimately traded their government positions for industry jobs.

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From 2008–2014, oil & gas operations damaged Pennsylvania water supplies how many times?

< 20 times

About 100 times

> 200 times

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection determined that oil and gas operations damaged Pennsylvania water supplies 209 times between 2008 and 2014. Water supplies have affected nearly every region where drilling occurs, with the most instances in Bradford County.